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Twrr 'ttfV.1 -tl"WE JOIN OURSELVES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARRY THE FLAG, AND KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OF THE UNION.""' Voliome II.JtnSTCTION CITY, KlAJSrSS, SA.TTJKIXA.Y, JTXCY 18, 1863.Number 37.THE SMOKY HILL AND KEPUBLICMUNT0ESfotohj fill anfo gkpol'n Onion,PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING ATJUNCTION, DAVIS Co., KANSAS.W. K. BARTLETT. -- S. M. STRICKLER.Proprietors.VM. S. BLAKELY, - - - GEO. W. MARTIN,Editor and Publishers.OFFICE IN BRICK BUILDING. CORNER OFSEVENTH fc WASHINGTON St's.TEBM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION :One oopy, one year, .... $2.00Ten copies, one year, .... 15.00Payment required in all cases in advance.All papers discontinued at the expiration of thetini for which payment is received.TEEMS OF ADVERTISING :One square, first insertion, - - $1.00Each subsequent insertion, 50Ten lines or le33 being a square.Yearly advertisements inserted on liberal terms.JOBWOEKJono with dispatch, and in the latest style ofthe art.ttZT Payment required for all Job Work ondelivery.THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.As tbe " UdIod Pacific Railway, EasternDivision," late the "Leavenworth, Pawneeand Western Railroad' has suddenly assutned a new importance in the public estimation, owing to the national characterwhich it develops under a new management,and as there seems to be a Jack of generalinformation concerning its history and prospects, we have been at some pains to ascertain the more, material facts in regard to itsoperations.It seems that this corporation, having avested right to construct a railway from theMissouri river to the summit of the RockyMountains, has been for eight years inexistence, though unable, till recently, tooxecute the design for which it was organized. Its charter was granted in 1855 bythe Legislature ot Kansas, containing thelaigest powers which that body was able toconfer. In 18G0, the company, stimulatedby the discoveries of gold in Colorado, andtho rapid approach towards the Kansasborder of the Hannibal and St. Joseph andPacific Railroads of Missouri, institutedmeasures to secure an endowment, by thesomewhat novel plan of direct purchase oflauds from certain Indian tribes situated inthe Kansas Valley, through which the roadwas to run ; and in 1861 this project culminated in a treaty securing the privilegoof purchase from the Delaware and Pottawatomies, at a nomiual price, of nearly sixhundred thousand acres of the choicest7--.bnds on the continent. In the hands of arich company this endowment alone wouldhave sufficed to construct the road severalhundred miles; but the owners of the franchise were unable to advance the moneysneeded for the work, and the breaking outof the rebellion rendered it impossible forthem to secure the necessary means foreven its commencement.Under these circumstances they deemedit wise to strike hands with those partieswho were soliciting aid from Congress fortho building of the general line of railwayto the Pacific, of which this road was soimportant a portion. Tbe State of California was asking help for its "CentralRailroad," extending from the Pacific Oceanto Nevada ; and Missouri and Iowa wereespecially anxious to make their respectivesystems tho medium of the rich commercewhich already began to dispense its fertilizing influences between the Colorado goldfields and the Atlantic. So the Kansasaud Colorado, companies united the contending interests of the older and richer corporations of the more eastern States; and theresult of this combined action was the Actof Congress 'of 1SG2, lending Federal creditand giving public lands to the constructionof these terminal roads, and an intermediatemain line across tho great Plains and theRocky Mountains.Congress was undoubtedly wise in incorporating into this act such provisions asShould stimulate tho interests of differenti sections. All the States of tho North (theSouth had already seceded) admitted that agrand trunk road was needed, but differentlocalities contended for different routes;so the act was made to provide for a singleline from 100th meridian westward to California, and three branches from that pointeastward to the Missouri river; whichstream the limit of existing lines of Atlantic railways, as well as the eastern boundary of tho great interior plains of tbeContinent was reasonably assumed to betheJ proper commencement of the Pacificsystem.Tbe law once passed, the country waitedexpectant for capitalists to come forwardand accept the conditions. That these werelibera), none could deny. Fifty millions ofdollars, and lands sufficient to found a dozenEuropean Principalities, given to aid in theconstruction of a work which must pay afair dividend from the hour of its completion, formed an endowment which the termmunificent is inadequate to describe. But,unfortunately, either there were radical-defects in the law, or the comprehension ofonr money-kings was not op to the splendidopportunity offered them ; for, although ayear has passed since the bill became a law,the Union Pacific Railroad is still unorganized, its stock mainly unsubscribed, and theprospective corporation still-born-dead without having lived ; failing to exist by defaultof formal compliances with the provisions ofthe law, without which it lacks, even thenecessary infancy of an anticipated strongand vigorous maturity. Aa no company,in the legal sense, has been organized, ofcourse no legal power has ever been acquired to give to the Secretary of the Interiorthe required notice of acceptance of theconditions of the act a failure to do whichbefore the 1st of July, 1863, becomes fatalto the enterprise.It is fortunate, however, that Congressdid not depend for the building of tbe greatmiddle division of the road, upon this prospective company alone. It anticipated thepossible failure of any efficient organizationand provided a remedy. There could belittle doubt that the California and Kansasroads both located in States already greatly needing their completion, and the latterrichly endowed would be built; and stipulations were included in the act, by which,when these roads are completed, they canconstruct the entire line, and receive all tbegrants and privileges which were to haveinured to the benefits of the intermediatecorporation.The wisdom of these provisions is alreadyapparent ; for capitalists, who had doubtsabout the practicability of organizing thecompany chartered by Congress, have comeforward and purchased the franchise of theKansas Company in ample time to rescuetrom iorteiture the privileges it naa acquired. Their first act was to change the nameof the road, as the laws of Kansas permitted them to do, from the " Leavenworth,Pawnee and Western Railroad," to theUnion Pacific Railway, Eastern Division,"this being necessary in order to make thepublic acquainted with its real location andcharacter. Occupying, as it does, the finestvalley for railway purposes in the Westconnecting with both the " Hannibal andSt. Joseph Railroad" and the " PacificRailroad" of Missouri, and so located as todraw into its channel the currents of tradeto both Colorado and New Mexico ; largelyendowed, as it has been by Congress, withthe express object of making it at least oneof the eastern branches of the main line, itis altogether fit that it should bo known bya name indicating itq real location and national design; and, as it apparently forms thekey to the whole Pacific system (of whichit is the practical inauguration) we mustconsider that as being very small criticism,which objects to the assumption of an appropriate name, simply because it has beenproposed to confer a similar name upon aprospective company, which has lacked theelementary vigor to achieve existence. Thename, of right, belongs to tho enterprisewhich offers the fairest prospect of success.As regards the plans of the Company,we understand them to be very simple, andtrust they may prove efficient. In accepting the Presidency, General Fremont dedicates to the enterprise his experience, hisability, and his fortune; and these, wetrust, insure tbe rapid and thorough construction of the road. The engineers arealready at work, determining tho preciselocation of the line, and the iron is beingpurchased for tbe first section of 40 miles.This section will be built as rapidly asmoney will hire the performance of thelabor, and it is expected to be completed bythe New Year, if not 60oner. Meantime,the construction bonds of the Companyredeemable in Government thirty-year sixper cents arc being negotiated on tbe mostfavorable terms; and tbe foundation isbeing laid by tbe able bankers of tbe Company, Messrs'. Samuel Hallett & Co., of afinancial system which can just as easily bemade to build the road to California as toFort Riley.A KNOTTY CASE.The following capital story is told by aStockton (California) paper. It would puzzle the devil himself or a Philadelphia lawyer to settle the question upon its merits,let alone the law points involved in thedecision of so troublesome an intruder intoa Court of Justice :(( One of our prominent Republican citizens is now engaged in a singular controversy with one of his colored ' brethren.'The dark-haired 'brother,' it appears, owneda hen ; this hen visited the premises of hermaster's white 'brother and therebyhangs a tale. The said, negro's hen laida nest full of eggs upon the Republican'slot, and commenced setting. The said Republican having some choice Spanish hen'seggs, took advantage of the hen's situation,and removes her own laid eggs and in theirstead placed ihe Spanish hen's eggs. Indue course of time tbe eggs were hatched.But now comes the irrepressible nigger anddemands both hen and chickens, claimingthat the former is tbe mother of the latter.The Republican demurs to this, and putsin a plea that the real mother is tbe henthat laid tbe eggs, xne nigger don't seeit and points to a precedent where his oldmaster, Judge McGee, when a woman suedfor a divorce, gin the children to the woman,'cause she brood 'em The real questionbetween the ' brethren ' is, which hen is themother of the chicken ? The negro threatens to sue either for the chickens or fordamages from use of his hen. Whetherthis question will be carried to the 8upremeCourt remains to be seen."Oar veracity is reckoned by whatflows from the mouth, and our voracity bythe amount we put in it."THE BELT OF DESOLATION."Day by day the track of the destroyerbecomes broader. Two-thirds of Virginia,two-thirds of Tennessee, the coasts of Northand South Carolina, part of Georgia, nearlyall of Florida, Northern Mississippi, Western and Southern Louisana, a great part ofArkansas and Missouri have already beenlaid waste, and every hour brings tidings offresh destruction. Dispatches of Saturdayinformed us that the enemy had destroyeda million dollars worth of property on tbeCombabee and stolen a thousand negroes ;it was but a few days ago that they ravagedtbe county of Matthews in this State, andeven while we write tidings come to us thatthey are burning private houses and destroying every grain of corn they can laytheir hands on in the counties of King andQueen. Enough has been said of the barbarism of this mode of warfare, and toomuch has to be confessed of tbe entire impunity with which it is carried on. Ouroutcries and our admissions of the weaknessor hellish joy of the foe, are without resultin stimulating troops, government or peopleto the pitch of retributive vengeance. Thebelt of desolation widens hourly, nor isthere much prospect of an abatement ofthe evil. Citizens complain of the government, which, in turn complains of thecitizens. Meantime common inquiry ismade as to the existence and present whereabouts of the organized forces of tbe confederacy. We may be sure this state ofthings will continue as long as the war iswaged exclusive!) on confederate soil, livery day the enemy remains in our territorywill add to the width of tbe belt of desolation, and they who now fancy themselvesout of danger will soon discover their mistake. If a thousand Yaukce cavalry can rideentirely through the State of Mississippiwiinout molestation, what is to hinder alike number from going through Virginia,North and South Corolina, to Port Royal ?Certainly, unarmed and unorganized citizenswill not hinder them. The belt of desolation serves many purposes of the Yankeenation. It opens a way to free labor andnorthern settlers; it diminishes productionand concentrates southern population within limits inadequate to their support; it prepares a place for Yankee emigration if peaceon the basis of separation is declared. Butthis is not all; it answers the purposes of waras well as peace by interposing a country destitute of supplies between our own and theYankee border. Thus it is a safeguardagainst invasion. If Lee would advance,he must move through a desert, draggingimmense tiains of food behind him. Thecase is the same with Bragg, with Johnson,with Price. Indeed, we hear that Pricewill find it difficult, if not impossible, toenter Missouri. In front of all our largearmies lies a waste, where there is food forneither man nor beast. Girded by a beltof desolation, the North is safe from invasion ; the broader the belt tbe greater itssecurity. As the months wane and theyears roll on, the South, unless somethingcan be done, will become, in the languageof Scripture, " tbe abomination of desolation." We believe that the necessity oftbe cose demands it imperatively ; wouldthat we could be sure that it will be donespeedily. Tbe cup can be returned to thelips of the North drugged with ten-foldbitterness. Mercy to us demands this aotof retributive justice to them. RichmondWhig.APACHE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.The dusky damsels of this great savagefamily are by no means deficient in thatpeculiar trait of the sex known as " coquetry," and some of them are as greatadepts as the most trifling of their palefaced sisters. They understand perfectlyhow to play off the artillery of their attractions before the eyes of the admiring youngbnck, and do it with as much " naivelte "and apparent absence of design as if theybad regularly graduated at a finishing-offmisses' boarding school. On the otherhand, the inflamed savage affects an unconconscious and lofty disdain which he is farfrom feeling, and in this manner tbe affairgoes on until he is forced to surrender. Hisforwardness and courage ooze out at hisfingers' ends and he becomes bashful, silentand reserved, looking as much like anApache warrior as a hare looks like a wolf.After a due quantity of sighing, oglingand heart palpitations, mixed with the dueinfusion of occasional jealousies, quarrelsand amorous re-adjustments have beeu gonethrough with, the sighing savage offers twohorses to his father-in-law "in future," andif his offer be accepted he straightway tieshis own riding animal before the door ofher wigwam, and retires to his own to awaitthe issue. The girl is left wholly to herown inclinations, and she is at liberty toaccept or refuse as she pleases.If her affections are enlisted she untiesthe horse and carries him to water, andthen ties him in front of her suitor's wigwam. This is typical of her willingness tofeed and water his horse, and fulfill theduties of an obedient wife. She; however,takes care not to exhibit too much haste, inorder to show that she was not too easy ofconquest. It therefore frequently' happensthat the poor beast is suffered to remaintwo or two and a half days without food .orwater. N. B. Apache courtships are notagreeable to horses.Should the lady decline, the aaimal-ialeft tied in front of her wigwam, and onthe morning of the fourth day is removedin a half starved state by the rejected lover.N. B. Horses of rejected Apache lovers awnot to be envied.The acceptance having been formally expressed in the manner above described, thebridegroom may or may not give a feastand a dance ; it is not considered requisiteand is generally dispensed with, but hedeparts with his bride into some woodedrecess, out of sight and hearing, and remains with her three or four days; at tbeexpiration of which time they sneak backto camp, and the new wife takes up herabode in the wigwam of her husband.Should she meet any of her relatives onthe first, second or third day after herreturn, she incontinently wheels her backupon them, never allowing them to see herface. No possible blush can be seen throthe natural duskiness and unnatural coats ofpaint whioh cover the Apache maiden'sface, so turning the back to the spectator isconstrued into the fact that she is undergoing the interesting process of blushing.Not being able i to disprove the truth of theimplied assertion I believe they do blushputting us in mind of those flowers thepoet describes as being " born to blush unseen," as to their " fragrance," the leastsaid the better." A horse, a horse, my kingdom for ahorse," said Richard III on Bosworth field.and I more than half believe that Richardhimself must have been an Apache. Noother specie of property, no other kind ofwealth is considered by those savages as anequivalent for live horse-flesh, and nothingelse is ever offered as an equivalent for abride. I recently asked a chief why therewere no more marriages among them inview cf the fact that there were quite anumber of young bachelors and marriageable girls, and received for answer, "myyoung men have no horses, they cannotmarry." The Indian agent, Mr. Labadi,and myself endeavored to reason away thistime-crusted idea, and I trust with partialsuccess. It serves, however, to account insome measure for their extraordinary propensity to appropriate the equine propertyof other people. Such is n faithful outlineof Apache courtship and marriage.THE MAIN BUFFALO HERD OF KANSAS.To dwellers in those portions of theWest where the Buffalo disappeared morothan a generation ago, the reports of theimmense herds still giving life to the plainsbeyond, seem almost fabulous. SeveralEastern artists of note are now on an expedition to tbe Rocky Mountains, and undertbe head of "Letters from Sundown," oneof the parties is contributing to the NewYork Post. He thus writes of tho mainBuffalo herd of Kansas :" The sight I saw there no money couldbuy from my memory. I always tl o ightthe Buffalo stories which we hear at theEast, and tbe pictures which we see, mustbe greatly exaggerated. In truth they areunderdrawn. For two miles on the tableland before me, and stretching sidewaystwice as far, the earth was overwhelmedwith one deluge of stampeding Buffaloes.It is literally accurate to assert that onecould not see the ground between them. Icould think of nothing but a black sea,with humps for billows, and the thunder ofa shaking prairie for the music of itssurges." Out of every gully, from each side oftrie, poured in exbaustless streams the laggards of the herd. The Falstaff bulls,who carried years and abdomen ; the yearlings, much like their cotemporaries amongour own cattle in look and size ; the cows,now galloping, now coming with an ungainly trot, followed by their little new droppedcalves these rushed by, scarcely sheeringas they saw me, mad to. reach the mainherd. I raised my field-glass, and far bayond the stampede saw the broad plateaustowards White Rock Creek covered withquietly feeding bisons as thick as on theprairie right before me. Flies on the headof a leaking molasses barrel, ants on a bill,dueks on a Florida lagoon, all familiarsymbols of multitude, gave hopelessly outbefore the task of representing that herd ofBuffaloes. I should like to have been accompanied by a man at home in Gunther,that I might have gained some faint expression for the number of millions betweenme and the horizon."An Incident. The Indianapolis Journal tells the following good story of PeterApple :The following incident has been relatedto us, and is vouched for by our informant:Peter Apple, of Oakland, in this county,was lately recruited for the 11th Indiana,and took part in the attempt to storm oneof the Vicksburg batteries. The rebel firewas so destructive that our army recoiled.Apple, the." raw recruit," "didn't see" ihebackward movement, and kept going aheadmntil he casse right np to one of the rebelgans, caught a gunner by the collar, andbrought him within onr lines, sayiag:('Boys, way didn't yon come on. Everyfellow might have got one." We haveheard of no more daring act of bravery thanthis little incident since the war began.m mML What is the difference between amintbisyoas moase and a fceeatiral yomgkdv? Om karma -tbe ebeeee, and skaother charms the he's.TELEGRAPHIC.Th Third Day of tie GettysburgFightChicago, July 8., From New York papers received thismorning, we condense the -following concerning the battle on Friday :A popular description of the groundheld by our forces on the morning of thatday would be to say that it was in the formof an elongate, somewhat sharpened horseshoe, with the too to Gettysburg and theheel to the south.The battle commenced exactly at daylighton the side of the horseshoe opposite to thatwhich Ewell had sworn to crnsh through.Musketry preceded the rising of tho sun.Thick woods veiled this fight, hut out ofits leafy darkness arose smoke, and surgingand swelling of fire, from the intermittentto the continuous and crushing, told of thewise tactics of tbe rebels of attacking inforce and changing their troops.Seemingly the attack of the day was tobe made through the wood. Demonstration was protracted, but only preparative,there was no artillery fire accompanying themusketry. Suddenly, about ten in tbeforenoon, firing on the cast side and everywhere about ceased. A deep sleep fell upontbe field of battle, during which the rebelsmoved their artillery, a hundred and twentypieces, and massed Longstreet's and Hill'scorps to front our centre.About two o'clock in the afternoon therebels opened on our centre with all theirartillery. Every size and form of shellknown to British or American gunneryshrieked, whirled, moaned and wratbfullyfluttered over our ground. As many as sixin a second, constantly two in a second,bursting and screaming over and aroundmade a very hell of fire that amazed theoldest officers. They burst in the yard,next to the fence, on each side, garnishedas usual with hitched horses of aids andorderlies. Fastened animals reared, dashedand plunged with terror. Sixteen werekilled before the lire ceased. One shelltore up tbe little step of headquarters cottage, another carried of one of its two pillars, and the other followed immediately,carried away by a shot from a Whitworthgun. Soon another shot burst near theopon door, another tore through the lowgarret. Forty minutes passed, and tho airgrew thicker, howling, whirling infernalmissiles grew more deafening. .Not. anorderly, ambulance-or straggler was to beseen on the plain swept by this tempest oforchestral death from twenty minutes afterit commenced to the expiration of an hour,when it ceased, and Hill's division, in lineof battle, moved forward at double quick.Longstrcet followed in supporting distance.The position of our centre, where the 2dcorps under Gen. Hancock was posted, wasvery strong, one portion resting on tbe crestof Cemetery Hill, protected in front bybreastworks of rails taken from the neighboring farms, and on the right by a stonewall. .The rebels rushed in perfect order acrossthe open field up to the very muzzles of ourguns, which tore lanes through them asthey came up. But they met men whowere their equals in spirit aud their superiors in tenacity. Never was better fightingsince Thermopylae than was done that dayby our infantry and artillery.The rebels carried our defences, clearedthe cannoniers and horses from off ourguns, and were wheeling them around touse upon us, when a bayonet charge drovethem back. At one time, from exhaustionof ammunition, every battery upon theprincipal crest attacked was silent, exceptCraven's. His service of grape and canister was awful. It enabled our whole line,outnumbered as they were two to one, first,to drive the rebels back; then charge uponthem, taking a great number of prisoners.Previous to this, so terrible was our musketry and artillery fire, that, when the rebelGen. Armisted's brigade was checked in itscharge and stood reeling, all its men dropped their muskets aad crawled on theirhands and knees underneath the stream ofshot until close to our troops, when theymade signs of surrendering. They passedthrough our lines scarcely noticed, and wentslowly down the slope to the road.The rebels were repulsed, but repeatedlyrenewed tbe assault half a dozen timesdaring the afternoon, and were as oftenrepulsed being driven back with a loss oflife unparalleled in any previous battle.At tbe end of two hours, the rebel artillery opened a aew storm of shot and shell,ander cover of which their infantry retreated in wild disorder from one position, thenanother, throwing away everything thatmight impede locomotion, and at 5 o'clockthe last of them had withdrawn.The ground all around was red withblood and covered with mangled bodies;and the field was spread with frightful evideaeee of the great punishment received bythe enemy. Wherever onr burjing partiesfoaad a national soldier to inter, two rebelswere foand lying by his side.The repulse of the rebels was followedby load shouts from oar troops. Fifteeastand tf colors ware captured by Hancock'scorns.A gentleman who left Gettysburg at teno'clock, Sanday morning, famishes the followiag additional '-frnaatiiti-Oar army advaaeed mx miles beyoad-'that place. . There kashas;, bat Uttk fight,ing. An occasional report-indicated skirmishing on Saturday, but nothing of Mspetance. On Saturday our scouts discovered there bel baggage trains on their retreat, moving rapidly along the Hagerstown road,when a battery of flying artillery, led by asquadron of Pleasaatoo's cavalry, was sentfrom tbe left of Cemetery Hill in pursait.Our men dashed rapidly down apoa thatrain, a skirmish ensued, and the rebelguard wss driven off. Reports reachedcamp that four miles of trains were nantured.All barns and houses, adjacent to Lit-tlcstown pike, have been laid under eoatribntion for hospital purposes.Gen. Hancock is regarded as tbe greathero of Friday's battle. His corps lostheavily and fought nobly. When theirgeneral fell, severely wounded, the effectwas to give them renewed determination toconquer ; and when they learned that theirwounded commander was still watehiagthem and directing their movements, tbejfought like demonB.The Surrender of Vicksburg;Chickasaw Bayou, 8 p. m. July 8.At 8 o'clock this morning a flag of trueeappeared before General Smith's wont, whtathe rebel Major-General Bowen and ColonelMontgomery were led blindfolded into ourlines. They bore a communication fromGeneral Pemberton to General Grant. Thejfollowing is its purport :" Although I feel confident in my abilityto resist your arms indefinitely, but in orderto stop the effusion of blttod, I propose thatyou appoint three commissioners to meetthree I shall select, to arrange such termsas may best accomplish tbe result."Grant replied substantially as follows :" While I should be glad to stop thaunnecessary enusion oi mood, tne oniyterms which I can entertain, are those ofan unconditional surrender. At the sametime, myself, officers, and men, are readyto testify to the distinguished gallantrywith which the defence of Vicksburg hasbeen conducted."At 11 o'clock the messengers returned,and this afternoon, in accordance with arequest from Pemberton, Grant met himoutside the lines, and after an hour's consultation, settled on terms of surrender.Pemberton urged that the soldiers might boparoled and allowed rations from their ownstores to carry them to the Confederatelines. In view of the bravery of theirtroops, the advantages of the place, andconsiderations of economy, Grant finallyconsented to Pemberton s request.The officers were allowed one horse andone servant. The number of prisoners are-said to be 18,000, two'thirds of whom arein fighting condition. Tbe immediate causeof the surrender is the exhaustion of supplies and amunition, and the failure ofJohnson to come to their aid. A generalinterchange of civilities extended along thewhole line. The surrender was just in timeto save both armies the loss of life whichwould have attended an attempt to carry itby assault. Such an attempted had beendetermined on for tomorrow.Tbe Vicksnurg Citizen, of the 2d, admitsthe eating of mule meat and the pilfering'of private houses by the soldiers. Thereseems to bavo been raucn sunenng ironssickness and our missiles. At daylight to-morrow our army is to march in.North Carolina Wants to Gone BackLater details of the Union movement nowprogressing in North Carolina bavo beenreceived by way of Fortress Monroe. Thedissatisfaction existing with the rebel government is increasing dailyr and overturesto Gen. Foster increase in boldness. Notlong since the Raleigh Standard containedan able article believed to have been writtenby Hon. W. A. Graham, taking stronggrounds against the right of secession, anain advocacy of the duty of the Federal Government to defend its own existence whensecession threatens it. The article deniesthat any just cause exists for the presentrebellion, and asserts that any State newclaimed by the so called Confederacy, eatrwithdraw from it at will. The same paperin another article, openly, favors peace by a-re-constructionof the Union, or by separation resolved upon by a Convention of allthe States. The Standard also congratulates the Rev. R. J. Graves on his acquittalon the charge of treason, and re-publishswith commendation the article which wasmade the pretext for his arrest by the rake)authorities.The Rebels Gross the OhioEleven rebel regiments, aggregating fortyeight hundred men, with ten pieces of aT'tillery, including two howitzers, crossed theOhio river at Bradensburg on the 8th, andencamped for the night near Corydon, Indiana. They were under tbe command ofJohn Morgan and Basil Duke. Morganstated to several persons that bis destinationwas Indianapolis, bat this is not credited.Considerable excitement exists in New Albany, the inhabitants believing that Morgn's forees axe approaching that plane.,tfore leaving Bradeabnrg, Morgan burnedone of tbe steamers which he had captured.Troops are beiag organised' throaghoatthe State, aad seat, forward as rapidly aapossible. It is reported that two mtuaasere lulled at Corydoa, whet) tie.entered, town.Wsars.H.KaK'ailMMptj